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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2004 May;45(4):801–812. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00273.x

Table 1.

Bivariate correlations and descriptive statistics

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 M SD
1. Racea 83% E.A.
2. Genderb .03 52% male
3. Parent marital statusc −.32*** −.06 26% 2 parents
4. Socioeconomic statusd −.40*** −.05 .37*** 39.61 14.00
5. Difficult temperamentd .07 −.02 .02 .00 3.29 .94
6. Unadaptabled .13** .00 −.03 −.03 .37*** 2.98 1.08
7. Resistance to controld −.01 −.08 .01 −.08 .50*** .18*** 3.58 1.13
8. Neighborhood unsafed 43*** .04 −.33*** −.39*** .11* .10* .12* 1.98 .84
9. Early physical disciplined 14*** −.09* −.08 −24*** 11** .09* .20*** .25*** 2.60 .96
10. Later physical disciplined .27*** −.06 −.17*** −.29*** .08 .06 .10* .31 *** .39*** 1.41 .46
11. YSR externalizinge .03 −.02 −.15** −.09 −.01 −.10* .11* .00 .07 04 11.63 7.49
12. CBCL externalizingd .15** −.01 − .24*** −.24*** .11* −.03 .19*** .18*** .20*** 22*** .45*** 8.29 7.75
13. Reactive/Proactive aggressione .16** −.29*** −.19*** −.14** .02 −.02 .06 .07 .12* 16** .64*** .27*** .70 .47
14. Reactive/Proactive aggressiond .03 −.05 −.13** −.19*** .08 −.05 .20*** .11* .23*** 14** .38*** 54*** .29*** 1.72 .59
15. Violencee .13** −.20*** −.16** −.11* .01 −.09 .11* .08 .07 07 .53*** .30*** .60*** .27*** 5.64 10.47
16. School troublee .16** −.09* −.27*** −.18*** .05 −.01 .09* .13** .15** 09 .41 *** .32*** .39*** .25*** 48*** 3.59 7.54
17. Police troublee .15** −.16** −.18*** −.15** .01 −.10* .05 .15** .06 00 .45*** .28*** 44*** .28*** .51 *** .39*** 1.61 3.79

Note: Sample size for correlations ranges from 376 to 574.

a

Coded 0 = European American, 1 = African American.

b

Coded 1 = male, 2 = female.

c

Coded 1 = single parent, 2 = two parents.

d

Mother report.

e

Adolescent report.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.